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Originally published Feb. 28 at 5 a.m. Pt; updated March 2 at 9:45 a.m. Pt

It's all come down to this. Gold Derby has been predicting the 2025 Oscars since way back in July, when Sing Sing was the initial No. 1 pick to win Best Picture.

Over the past eight months, Anora has enjoyed the first-place position in our rankings for most of the time, aside from when The Brutalist briefly soared to the top after dominating the Golden Globes. Anora reclaimed the top spot following its victories at the Producers Guild, Directors Guild, and Writers Guild. Meanwhile, Conclave has ascended to its highest position yet on our Best Picture chart, at No. 2, following huge wins at BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild.

Anora, about a Brooklyn sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, and The Brutalist, which focuses on a Holocaust survivor who hopes to achieve the American Dream,...

Peter Sarsgaard first garnered attention in the late '90s with supporting roles in films such as “Dead Man Walking” (1995) and “The Man in the Iron Mask” (1998), before breaking through with his performance in “Boys Don’t Cry” (1999). The Juilliard alum often embodies complex, morally ambiguous characters, building a reputation for his commitment to the craft.

Whether playing the antagonist in “Shattered Glass” (2003) or portraying a sarcastic best friend in “Garden State” (2004), his filmography spans across various genres and both big-budget blockbusters and smaller films, with his work in independent cinema garnering him respect and admiration from various film festivals and critics' groups. He’s received critical acclaim throughout his career, with several nominations and awards recognizing his skillful and diverse performances, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

With the release of his 2024 film “September 5,” Sarsgaard is once again in the awards conversation,...

September 5, one of the best thrillers of last year, is now streaming on Paramount+, and clearly audiences are intrigued, as the real-time thriller debuted at the top of the charts. The film premiered on the streamer on February 25 and, after one day, had climbed up the most popular movies list, where it has now fallen down to third behind swords and sandals sequel Gladiator 2 and video game follow-up Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, September 5 proved to be a somewhat controversial release, as it follows the events that transpired in Munich on September 5, 1972, during the Summer Olympics. On that day, the ABC team in charge of sports coverage decided to show to the entire world what was happening in the Olympic villas when a group of terrorists took Israeli athletes hostage. Led by Roone Arledge, the president of the ABC Sports division, the crew at the station...

Perhaps it makes sense that Alex Parkinson’s feature debut would simply be a flip of the dimensions of his usual fare. The documentarian has long made a career out of the kind of nature documentary that is more about the people said nature affects than the nature itself. As in his 2024 Living With Leopards, Parkinson employs a curious conglomerate of archival and surveillance footage, first-hand accounts, interviews and, most pertinently, re-enactments, in apparent attempt to dramatize how the natural world can inspire community, chosen family and unusually strong bonds.

So went his 2019 documentary Last Breath, co-directed with Richard Da Costa, which chronicled the strange survival story of Chris Lemons, a saturation diver who somehow lived through nearly 40 minutes of oxygen deprivation in the North Sea, off the coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The 2025 Last Breath is its Hollywood mirror: a slightly fictionalized account of the same incident made with a documentary feel.

Universal’s “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” delivered a record-breaking debut at the U.K. and Ireland box office, grossing £12.3 million ($15.5 million) in its opening four-day weekend, according to Comscore. The highly anticipated fourth installment in the “Bridget Jones” franchise not only secured the biggest opening of the year but also made history as the highest-grossing romantic comedy debut ever in the region, surpassing the previous record set by “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.”

Universal reports that the U.K. and Ireland opening for “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” was across 2,250 screens. The film claimed the title of the highest-ever opening for a Working Title production and landed as the 11th biggest Universal opening of all time in the market, ranking just behind “Jurassic World Dominion” and ahead of the opening weekends of “Oppenheimer,” “Minions” and “Despicable Me 3.”

The romantic comedy, behind which Miramax is the studio and co-financier,...

Sean Baker and Anora are continuing their run with guilds, as the movie has taken home Best Original Screenplay at the WGA Awards following huge wins with both the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America. On the Adapted Screenplay front, RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes won for Nickel Boys.

But the WGA Awards are hardly the most reliable barometer for the Academy Awards. In fact, since 2010, the matching winners have pretty much always been in alternating years save for the back-to-back victories of Parasite and Promising Young Woman. Notably, however, there is only one other competitor that Anora was up against at the WGAs that is also up for Best Original Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, as Challengers, Civil War and My Old Ass were benched. Instead, the Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominees contain three replacements that were ineligible for the WGAs: The Brutalist, September 5 and The Substance.

Sean Baker’s Anora, written by Baker, and Nickel Boys, written by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, took the top film prizes at the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards tonight, for Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay, respectively. The awards were handed out in concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. See the full winners list below.

On the TV side, it was a big night for HBO/Max, which won the Comedy Series award (Hacks), Limited Series (The Penguin), Comedy/Variety Series and Specials and TV & Streaming Movie categories, as well as for Disney/FX’s Shōgun, which topped the Drama & New Series fields.

Anora is coming off a string of wins, including top honors from Directors Guild and Producers Guild, putting it in frontrunner status for the Academy Awards. It’s nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture as well as Directing and Original Screenplay for Baker.

Ross...

In 1975, Vera Brandes, then an 18-year-old student and part-time promoter, organized a concert for Keith Jarrett in Cologne, a recording of which became “The Köln Concert,” the best-selling solo jazz album ever.

Half a century later, director Ido Fluk is in Berlin premiering “Köln 75” about the woman behind this monumental moment in jazz history. One that, ironically, Jarrett has no desire to revive. Fluk speaks to Variety about the fun film – starring John Magaro, recently seen in “September 5,” as Keith Jarrett and rising German star Mala Emde as Vera Brandes – and why it was important “to give Vera the attention, the limelight that she deserves.”

How did the project germinate?

I read a story somewhere in which Vera was mentioned. And I was like: “That’s kind of interesting: she really made this happen, and she’s not getting much attention for it.” I thought it would make a really interesting film.

“Moana 2” (Disney) predictably is #1 on both iTunes and Fandango’s top 10 VOD charts in its second week. But most notable? How “Anora” (Neon) is surging not only in its Oscar Best Picture chances but also on VOD.

Meantime, the Amy Schumer-starring rom-com “Kinda Pregnant,” positioned to score for Valentine’s Day ahead, is #1 this week at Netflix. It leads a top 10 chart otherwise mostly comprised of studio library comedies.

Sean Baker’s film has ranked now for seven weeks, an unusually long run. With staged price levels, the Palme d’Or winner has reached its highest ranking yet: now #3 at iTunes.

In theaters, “Anora” ranked among the top 10 movies for two weeks, highest at seventh place. The sex-worker screwball dramedy is performing far better at home than its $15 million total gross through this weekend would suggest — apart from its Oscar nomination boost. Its price reduction kept it from...

The Producers Guild of America Awards brought some clarity for the upcoming Oscars race as “Anora” took the evening’s top prize after it also won the top DGA prize for director Sean Baker just a few moments earlier as well as the Critics Choice award on Friday.

DreamWorks’ “The Wild Robot” gained momentum by earning the PGA animated film prize, while “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” which missed out on the Academy Awards shortlist, took home the PGA prize for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture.

On the television side, “Hacks” followed up its strong showing from Friday’s Critics Choice Awards, landing the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy. Meanwhile, Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” landed the David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television. Other TV winners include “Saturday Night Live” in the Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk...

Wicked producer Marc Platt previewed this year’s Wicked: For Good while speaking about his Producer’s Guild Award-nominated first film on Saturday morning.

At the PGA’s annual breakfast panel for nominees for Theatrical Motion Picture, Platt, who also produced the Broadway show, said he envisioned Glinda as a figure like Robert F. Kennedy Sr., clarifying he means the ’60s politician and presidential candidate, not his son, the current nominee for health department secretary.

Platt said last year’s Wicked was mainly Elphaba’s (Cynthia Erivo) journey to give up the hope of belonging in order to speak truth to power, the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum). The film concludes with ‘Defying Gravity’, the act break in the stage musical. Wicked: For Good will show Glinda’s (Ariana Grande) growth, the way Rfk stepped up after his brother John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

“He was born to the manor,...

AARP is urging Hollywood to age up.

A new study released Friday by the organization finds that most adults age 50 and older are more likely to support movies and TV programs that included characters similar to them in age and life experiences.

Results of the study, “Breaking Stereotypes: The Push for Real Representation of Older Adults in Movies and Television,” were released ahead of AARP’s Movie for Grownups Awards gala, which takes place Saturday in Beverly Hills.

“The results of this survey demonstrate what we have suspected since we started the Movies for Grownups Awards program – that older adults care deeply about seeing their experiences accurately reflected on screen,” Heather Nawrocki, vice president of AARP Movies for Grownups, said in a statement. “Likewise, the studios and storytellers who are able to capture the experiences and perspectives of older adults benefit from the significant buying power and loyalty of this age group.

Those of us who are hopeful for the comeback, or at least survival, of the theatrical motion picture are finding this Oscar season to be especially discomforting. If you’re lucky enough to identify a favorite, you also have to figure out how and where to see it.

The Academy thus is understandably edgy about voter “turnout”: Will members cast ballots for movies they may not have ever seen or heard about?

William Goldman, the legendary screenwriter, is often quoted for commenting that “no one knows anything” about making hit movies, but my favorite Goldmanism would be more relevant today. He wanted the data on Oscar voting to be made public, thus telling us “how voters really feel about their industry.”

While the Academy roundly denounced his 1995 proposal, I would argue that a breakdown this year would actually provide helpful insights. How are members dealing with challenging movies like Emilia Pérez or The Brutalist?...

Disney’s “Moana 2” and Universal’s “Wicked” continue their rule atop the box office charts for one more weekend as Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter” and Warner Bros.’ “Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” are fizzling fast in their opening weekends.

“Kraven,” a Marvel antihero adaptation with a budget that inflated to $110 million after a strike-induced 14-month release delay, has suffered an opening weekend of just $11 million.

That’s below the $15.3 million opening weekend of “Madame Web” for the lowest opening ever for a Sony-produced Marvel film. With a CinemaScore grade of C and a slew of holiday releases on the horizon, it is looking like “Kraven” won’t last long on the screens of many theaters next weekend.

“Moana 2” is leading the charts with $26.6 million domestic and $84 million worldwide in its third weekend, bringing its totals to $337.5 million domestic and $717 million global. It has...

It’s a quiet afternoon in New York City, two days before Thanksgiving, and “September 5” star John Magaro and I are settled into a bright table at an East Village restaurant for drinks and professional chatter. A few feet away, a group of peppy young women are sitting down for their own mid-afternoon tipple, chatting about movies they’ve caught recently. “Have you seen ‘Wicked’?” one giddily asks her friends. They all have.

With a wry smile, Magaro leans an inch or so toward them, not close enough for the group to see or hear, but just enough to get a laugh out of me, and stage-whispers, “Have you seen ‘September 5’?”

Hire John Magaro for your film, and he’s going to work hard for it, every step of the way. That extends beyond winking recommendations, down to nuts-and-bolts prep and bringing his full self to each and every day.

Who would win if the 2025 Golden Globes ceremony was held today? According to our exclusive Gold Derby predictions, where more than 1,200 people have made their forecasts following the Globe nominations on Dec. 9, 2024, we have the first peek at the early leaders for this year’s trophies.

Below is a snapshot of our film odds and TV odds for the 82nd annual ceremony, updated on Dec. 11, 2024. Our predicted winners are denoted in gold. One of the hottest races of the year is Best Film Comedy/Musical, where “Anora” has the edge over co-nominees “Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” “A Real Pain,” “The Substance,” and “Challengers.”

This year’s movie nominations were led by “Emilia Pérez” with 10 overall bids, followed by “The Brutalist” with seven, “Conclave” with six, and “Anora” and “The Substance” with five apiece. The top television contenders were “The Bear” at five bids, and “Only Murders in the Building” and “Shōgun” each at four.

The upcoming historic drama September 5, which chronicles the 1972 Munich Massacre at the Summer Olympics, will be released on December 13. The Tim Fehlbaum directorial has been nominated for the Golden Globe Awards in the Best Picture—Drama category and has received rave reviews during its festival run.

The film has been in the news due to its subject matter i.e. the tragic deaths of Israeli athletes at the hands of the Palestinian militant group Black September. The topically relevant subject matter as well as its focus on the ABC Sports network’s coverage of the events has made it one of the most interesting films of the year. Here are three reasons why you should watch it.

1. September 5 Deals With The 1972 Munich Massacre From Another Perspective A still from September 5 | Credits: Paramount Pictures

The 1972 Munich Massacre during the Summer Olympics in Germany was one of the most harrowing incidents in history.

The Golden Globe Awards honor the best achievements in film and television, recognizing both movies and TV shows in different categories. The ceremony is held annually, with winners chosen by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The nominees for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards have been announced and the competition will be really tough this year.

The various lists hold some surprises, but also some expected names and movies. For us, the most interesting category is Motion Picture Drama, and as expected, Dune managed to score a nomination in several categories.

The nominees for Best Motion Picture include a mix of intriguing films. “Dune: Part Two” stands out as a major contender, following the success of the first installment, while “The Brutalist” and “A Complete Unknown” add fresh, thought-provoking entries.

Other nominees, like “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” and “September 5,” also managed to make the cut.

The nominees for Best Motion...

Thanksgiving has long been a deadline of sorts for studios campaigning for Oscar nominations, because it offers the tempting proposition of a holiday weekend in which voters might have free time to catch up on movies. In past years, that meant a steady stream of screener DVDs arriving in voters’ mailboxes in the days before Thanksgiving – but now, with the Academy focusing on its members-only screening platform and placing restrictions on physical screeners, the push is to get new films into the Academy Screening Room before the holiday.

Fifteen new films were added to that room on Wednesday, a departure from the usual weekly additions, which typically come every Friday. The newcomers include Best Picture contenders “Conclave” and “The Piano Lesson,” following a Nov. 22 influx that included “Emilia Perez,” “Joker: Folie a Deux,” “Juror No. 2,” “Nightbitch,” “A Real Pain,” “The Room Next Door,” “Saturday Night” and “September 5.”

But some major films are still missing,...

One of European cinema’s most distinctive, fearless and tireless narrative and documentary filmmakers, Eckhart Schmidt, died of natural causes at his home in Munich on Oct. 24, only a few days before his 86th birthday.

His best-known film, the psychological horror thriller, “The Fan,” was graphic and shocking when it premiered in 1982, and its stomach-churning tale of a cannibalistic groupie was influential on a generation of horror filmmakers, but the film didn’t achieve mass commercial success upon its initial release.

Banned in several territories for its jarring, bloody portrait of a rock star-obsessed teenager, in the past decade the film has undergone a global rediscovery, popping up in sold-out screenings at film festivals (like Thessaloniki in 2019) and a social media obsession to match its heroine’s zeal (but thankfully not her savagery).

Before his multi-disciplinary career in the visual arts, Schmidt worked as a film critic for the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung,...

John Magaro went from an extra on a Steven Spielberg film to leading his own movie about the same tragic events 20 years later.

Magaro has steadily built a reputation as one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors, seamlessly transitioning between indie gems and major studio films such as “Not Fade Away” and “Past Lives.” But despite his steady rise in the industry, he remains grounded and deeply connected to the craft of acting, driven by a passion for storytelling and a dedication to exploring the complexities of each role.

In this episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Magaro discusses his latest project, Paramount Pictures’ “September 5” — a dramatic thriller about the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis. He also reflects on his early days in the business, which included an unexpected start as an extra in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film “Munich,” a full-circle moment for him. Listen below.

“What makes this...

Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 follows the ABC Sports team that covered the armed attack by the Palestinian militant group Black September during the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics that resulted in the deaths of 11 Israeli Olympians. It’s a crisis freighted with geopolitical significance, but Fehlbaum and co-writer Moritz Binder seem almost desperate to avoid engaging with it. Still, the sympathies of September 5 do seem readily apparent. This is a film about a story with clear victims and clear perpetrators, being sold to a global audience by a group of well-meaning American journalists who happened to be caught in the fray.

September 5 is a journalism procedural that’s only impressive for its taut, docu-realistic depiction of a 17-hour ordeal as it affected the members of the ABC Sports crew on the titular day. Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard) is being relieved for the night by rookie TV producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro) when...

"She always wanted people to know their own brilliance and creativity." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film called The World According to Allee Willis, a life-affirming and deeply inspiring look at an amazing artist named Allee Willis. Willis passed away in 2019 at the age of 72, but left behind tons of archival footage and recordings, which have been put together to make this doc film about her. Songwriter / artist Allee Willis began filming her life as a kid in 1950s Detroit & never stopped. She pursued creative expression at all costs while struggling to fit established gender and sexual norms - until she found a path to love through self-acceptance. Willis co-wrote hit songs including "September" & "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" by Pet Shop Boys. She also won two Grammy Awards for Beverly Hills Cop and The Color Purple.

Could Ridley Scott ride an overdue narrative to an Oscar win? Who or what will be the shocking snub or nomination this season? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week.

Since “Gladiator II” has screened for press this week, Scott has surged to sixth place in the Best Director odds. The four-time Oscar nominee has an inconsistent track record at the Oscars and was surprisingly snubbed the last time he was firmly in a race, for 2015’s “The Martian.” But in a field that lacks a marquee name of the top contenders and with the possibility of “Dune: Part Two’s” Denis Villeneuve being snubbed again, will voters feel inclined to vote for the soon-to-be 87-year-old?

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Scott’s snub for “The Martian” was...

Called “Gripping” by The Hollywood Reporter in their Venice Film Festival review, watch the trailer for September 5.

September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, “September 5” provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away, and conflicting rumors spread, with...

Tim Fehlbaum‘s docudrama “September 5” was an unexpected hit at the Venice Film Festival, generating plenty of buzz for its gripping retelling of the 1972 Olympics hostage crisis. Paramount picked it up and has slotted it for an awards-friendly release date of November 29. The new trailer packs a lot into two minutes, encapsulating the conflict at ABC about how to cover the rapidly unfolding events.

Peter Sarsgaard portrays Roone Arledge, the ABC Sports executive overseeing the live coverage produced by John Magaro (Geoffrey Mason) under the direction of Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin). Caught in the middle of the ongoing debate about the ethics of giving airtime to the terrorists is their German interpreter Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch).

At his Venice Film Festival press conference, the Swiss director praised Arledge: “He was a visionary storyteller. He had ideas that are standard in today’s sports coverage, like handheld cameras on the field,...

The fall festival season has wrapped up! Each year, dozens of movies premiere at festivals with distributors looking to launch them before they’re released in theaters or on streaming services. But dozens more are independent films without distribution that came to the festivals looking to be discovered. This year, over 200 movies made their world premieres across the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival, and we’ve seen some big name movie sales across all four.

Right as Venice got underway, we saw U.S. deals for two of the biggest competition titles on the slate, Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” to Netflix and Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” to A24. A24 also picked up the rights to Venice Silver Lion winner “The Brutalist” in a competitive situation. And some of the hottest discoveries like “Nutcrackers,” “September 5,” and TIFF Audience...

The journalism thriller has been a quintessential subgenre of American historical cinema for decades, with Alan J. Pakula’s classic “All The President’s Men” often heralded as the best example. The reason that this perspective holds so much value is simple; by looking back at the ways in which news professionals covered a certain event, it becomes easier for the filmmaker to explore the profound impact that historical milestones had in real time. “September 5” could have easily been misconstrued as an attempted parallel to the current political crisis that has divided the world, but instead it reveals itself to be a thrilling procedural that examines the challenges of breaking a live story.

Tim Fehlbaum’s breakneck, 94-minute thriller examines the direct response and aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis, in which the Israeli Olympic team were held hostage by terrorists. The incident was not only the first instance of...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Venice Film Festival. Paramount releases “September 5” in theaters December 13.

A story that doesn’t seem fresh on paper — and one previously explored in Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” — may be a barrier to entry for some audiences. But Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5,” which takes audiences inside the airtight, under-air-conditioned ABC News control room as terrorists commandeered the 1972 Summer Olympics mere yards away, is a gripping, singular depiction that stands on its own merits.

In a tight 94 minutes, Fehlbaum pivots from the mayhem outside and solely toward the handful of sports broadcasters forced to improvise as eight Palestinian militants, known as Black September, took the Israeli Olympic team hostage. All 11 hostages were killed. Though going into this movie with that historical perspective doesn’t impede the tension onscreen — even if “September 5’s” psychological inquiry into the crisis and how it reshaped TV news,...

Exclusive: Sky Studios and Groenlandia are readying feature film director Sydney Sibilia’s first TV drama series. Someone Killed Spiderman – Accidentally Famous (working title) is for Sky Italia and is about a non-conformist teenager who becomes on half of successful musical duo 883.

The show first came to attention last year, and the package has now come together with Sky Studios and Banijay-owned Groenlandia co-producing the show.

It will be set in 1980s Italy and follow frustrated teenager Max, who meets future musical partner Mauro and goes on to reach stardom. It is inspired by the story of how Italian pop band 883 was formed and the title is the same as duo’s iconic first album.

Sibilia is creating, writing and producing through his Banijay-owned production house, Groenlandia, which recently launched Netflix drama Supersex. This marks a first television venture for the film director, whose features include Can Quit Whenever I Want and Rose Island.

Judging by this latest TV spot, it looks like Tom Cruise won't be the only one beating in some faces this October when Jack Reacher: Never Go Back arrives in theaters as his leading lady, Cobie Smulders, looks more than ready to deliver a couple beatdowns of her own.  On another note, with the Ed Zwick-directed Jack Reacher sequel being Cruise's only release before Universal's highly anticipated reboot of The Mummy, which is due out June 2017, is there a possibility we get our first look at that film the same week as Jack Reacher's return to the big screen? Guess we'll find out in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, check out the latest TV spot below:   You don't want to mess with Jack Reacher. Tweet #Reacher...

Judging by this latest TV spot, it looks like Tom Cruise won't be the only one beating in some faces this October when Jack Reacher: Never Go Back arrives in theaters as his leading lady, Cobie Smulders, looks more than ready to deliver a couple beatdowns of her own.  On another note, with the Ed Zwick-directed Jack Reacher sequel being Cruise's only release before Universal's highly anticipated reboot of The Mummy, which is due out June 2017, is there a possibility we get our first look at that film the same week as Jack Reacher's return to the big screen? Guess we'll find out in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, check out the latest TV spot below:   You don't want to mess with Jack Reacher. Tweet #Reacher...

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